Object Details
- Description
- This blown and molded glass bottle has a narrow neck, a flared lip, and a spherical shaped glass stopper. The bottle has a blue, white, and yellow baked enamel shield. The label is marked LIQ MAGN SULPH in black, with the first initial of each word in red. This bottle would have contained liquid magnesium sulphate, commonly known as Epsom salt which was used as a mild cathartic, diuretic, and diaphoretic.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th-19th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0437
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05586
- collector/donor number
- SAP 298
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0437.01
- 1991.0664.0437.02
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
- Physical Description
- "colorless" (overall color)
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 18.5 cm x 9.6 cm; 7 5/16 in x 3 3/4 in
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994207
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-a6f0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
